| Autor: |
Andrea Blome, Jennifer Rosenbaum, Nicole Lucas, Kraftin Schreyer |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 3 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1936-9018 |
| DOI: |
10.5811/westjem.2020.2.45526 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: Emergency department (ED) crowding is a growing problem. Psychiatric patients have long ED lengths of stay awaiting placement and transportation to a psychiatric facility after disposition. Methods: Retrospective analysis of length of ED stay after disposition for voluntary psychiatric patients before and after the use of Lyft ridesharing services for inter-facility transport. Results: Using Lyft transport to an outside crisis center shortens time to discharge both statistically and clinically from 113 minutes to 91 minutes (p = 0.028) for voluntary psychiatric patients. Discharge time also decreased for involuntary patients from 146 minutes to 127 minutes (p = 0.0053). Conclusion: Ridesharing services may be a useful alternative to medical transportation for voluntary psychiatric patients. |
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